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Thursday, March 29, 2012

Please Welcome Annie Nicholas author of Omegas In Love

Please welcome Annie Nicholas she is an honored guest here today. Annie will be talking about her book Omegas in love and it sounds fascinating.

Annie will be giving away an ebook choice from her backlist at each of her stops. One random commenter from the entire tour will receive an autographed copy of each of the first three Vanguards books and a $10 gift card to either Amazon or Barnes and Noble. In addition, the host with the most comments (excluding Annie's and the host's) will receive a $15 Amazon or Barnes and Noble gift card.

Blurb

Some things are best to forget. But what if the past won't be
forgotten?

Born in China of a pure shifter bloodline, Katrina was
raised with only one purpose--to breed. Abused by her alpha, she runs away to
America as soon as she can. With a new pack and her true mate, she thinks the
nightmare is behind her, but when she is abducted on the streets of Chinatown,
Katrina must face her past and fight for her freedom.

It took Tyler a year to earn Katrina's love, another to
build her confidence and pride, and only a moment to lose her. Broken-hearted,
Tyler won't give up his search for Katrina. But he never trained as a warrior
like the other shifters. What chance does a real estate agent have in the fight
for his mate?

Annie Nicholas hibernates in the rural,
green mountains of Vermont, where she dreams of different worlds, heroes, and
heroines. When spring arrives the stories pour from her, in hopes to share them
with the masses one day.

Mother, daughter, wife are some of the hats
she happily wears while trudging after her cubs through the hills and dales.
The four seasons an inspiration and muse.

Of Course We All Want to Know More About Annie: Curiouser and Curiouser...

Interview: Hope Annie talks a lot about her book. It sounds really great.

1.What
or who inspired you to start writing?

A few years ago, it seems like ages now, I was sick and house bound
for six months. After reading and rereading everything I own I decided to try
and write my own story to save my sanity. That’s how my first novel Bait
started.

2.How
did you come up with ideas for your books?

Usually, it starts with a character then I start asking questions
about how that person would react to certain conflicts. I let these ideas stew
in my head until a story forms, most of the time this process takes a few
months. While I’m writing one book, I’m thinking about the next story. I have
had a couple of dreams that turned into books. The Alpha was a dream. (2nd
book of the Vanguards) and a new series I’m shopping around to publishers came
from a dream.

3.Can
you tell us a little about your Vanguard series?

The Vanguards started with a small pack of geeky werewolves who
hired a Nosferatu vampire warrior to teach them how to fight. The series
follows each member of that original pack and how they used those teachings to
grow. Sometimes a woman just needs to root for the underdog.

4.What
expertise did you bring to your writing?

I have a great imagination and I’m an avid reader of multiple genres
so I can sometimes bring an unusual story trope to the romance world.

5.What
would you want your readers to know about you that might not be in your bio?

I love to garden. I could happily spend my day in the dirt and my
yard is running out of space.

6.As
far as your writing goes, what are your future plans? Are there any more books
planned for this series?

There are two more books planned after Omegas in Love: The Sigma
(Sam’s story), releasing in August 2012, and The Prima (Sugar and Daedalus’
story, again). I have plans to continue this series but you’ll have to stay
tuned.

I have three new series in development: A succubus, a dragon, and
shifter one. LOL I’ve been busy.

7.If
you could be one of the characters from any of your books, who would it be and
why?

Oh my, that’s a loaded question. No one has met my succubus, Pia,
yet except my beta readers and editor. I’d totally be her in a hot second. I mean, hot guys, great family, and an
incubus lover. Who wouldn’t want to be her?

8.What is the best and worst advice you ever
received? (regarding writing or publishing)

Finish the book, no matter how bad you write it, finish it, the
magic happens after when you edit.

9.Do you outline your books or just start writing?

I outline the each book in general. The main conflicts and how to
transition them, but I don’t detail the chapters until I’m ready to write it.

10.Do you have any hobbies and does the knowledge
you've gained from these carry over into your characters or the plot of your
books?

My love of plants peeks into my stories. Sometimes it’s in my
descriptions or one my characters shares this passion. Sugar, the Vanguard’s
token human, is an avid gardener and it appears within the series often.

11.Can you
tell us a little about the black moment in your book?

The hero and heroine are already in a relationship at the beginning
of this book. Over this series, you see a little of how their relationship
develops so this book express how strong they have become. The black moment is
when they both realize they lost each other forever. I can’t reveal more than
that without spoilers :)

Excerpt

An antique red archway covered the entrance to the
tourist trap to keep evil spirits away and good luck in. Sticking his hand in
his jacket pocket, he rubbed the small, velvet jewelry box he’d placed there
earlier today. He could use all the luck he could get—just because Katrina was
his mate, didn’t mean she’d agree to get married.

Raised in an all-wolf-shifter community in rural
Mongolia, she didn’t think like American shifters. Like him. He took a deep,
shaky breath. Marriage was a foreign ritual to her.

He’d chosen this location not just for his
superstitions, but for its significance. Katrina worked in the area, a place
where the old Asian world met the new, as an interpreter for some of the local
companies.

She waited under the arch, facing him, her delicate
eyebrows furrowed. An Asian man he didn’t recognize spoke with her.

Facing the stranger’s back, Tyler could only see his
short black hair and long fall trench coat.

A sharp stab of jealousy drove him to quicken his
pace. He couldn’t help it. As a shifter, possession was nine-tenths of the law,
and Katrina belonged to him.

Hello Annie!I love the idea of starting the story with the couple already in a relationship. Watching them fight outside forces to stay together is so compelling. I have a weakness for protective heroes so this story sounds perfect for me. Congrats on the new release!

Hi Annie, great interview! It's nice to read about your future plans. Can't wait to read the rest of the Omegas series!Thanks for the giveaway and congrats on your latest release!KanyakanyachhetATyahooDOTca